From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-12-20T17:34:30+09:00
Subject: Re: starting multiple processes

2007/12/20, Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@path.berkeley.edu>:
> Junkone wrote:
> > hello
> > i have to do the following
> > 1.     exec("E:\\TradingTools\\IBController\
> > \IBControllerStart_customised.bat")
> >  2.     application = WIN32OLE.new("Broker.Application")
> >
> > I want to start 1 and then continue doing 2. however when i run it
> > realtime, the statement 2 waits for statement 1 to be completed which
> > takes long time. how do i initiate 1 and then withotu waiting goto
> > statement 2.
>
> Wrap #1 in a thread:
>
> Thread.new do
>    exec(...)
> end

Wouldn't help.  This is #exec and not #system - the process does not
wait, it is completely replaced and "application =
WIN32OLE.new("Broker.Application")" is never executed.

You rather want fork.

fork do
  exec ...
end

Cheers

robert

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